Loop diuretic use and fracture in postmenopausal women: Findings from the women's health initiative

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 132-140

  Carbone, Laura D ^a   Johnson, Karen C ^a   Bush, Andrew J ^a   Robbins, John ^b   Larson, Joseph C ^c   Thomas, Asha ^d,e   Lacroix, Andrea Z ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^d SINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

^e MEDSTAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOOP DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRENGTH; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; FALLING; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTORS; SODIUM POTASSIUM CHLORIDE SYMPORTER INHIBITORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 58849115861     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2008.526     Document Type: Article

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